Panasonic NN-SN651BAZ Microwave Oven Review

The most important tool among many that you need in your kitchen is a simple microwave oven. Reheating leftovers in your oven can take 30 minutes or longer, but a microwave can reheat those leftovers in five minutes or less. You can also make frozen dinners or whip together a quick side dish from frozen vegetables in your microwave. There are even cookbooks out there that teach you how to make fluffy cakes and other delicious desserts and some that show you how to make main dishes in your microwave. Panasonic NN-SN651BAZ Microwave Ovengives you that quick solution for a microwave need.

Panasonic Inverter Technology perfects the art of cooking with microwave ovens, delivering delicious flavor, excellent color, superb shape and texture in the foods you cook. The consistent delivery of microwave energy means delicate foods can simmer without the edges and surfaces overcooking. Foods have the look and taste you expect without the wait.

The precision touch-button control panel and four-digit green display provide a sleek, high-end look and a practically effortless cooking experience. And twelve preset menu options for everyday meals, side dishes, vegetables and more maximize everyday cooking convenience. Choose between stylish white or black door and exterior countertop models. Each is designed to complement any décor and provide a minimal footprint on countertops.

Description summary

Inverter Technology for even cooking and delivering delicious flavor and Inverter Turbo Defrost for quick defrosting

1200 Watts of High Power; One-Touch Genius Sensor Cook and Reheat for automatic cooking settings and even Keep Warm feature

Upper left-corner of the door has a small indentation to allow the door to open smoothly and is completed at the factory

Inverter Technology for even cooking and delivering delicious flavor and Inverter Turbo Defrost for quick defrosting

1200 Watts of High Power; One-Touch Genius Sensor Cook and Reheat for automatic cooking settings and even Keep Warm feature

Item Weight: 23.4 pounds

Shipping Weight: 28.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

This microwave readily gives A Steady Stream of Cooking Power for Even Results with the Panasonic Patented Inverter Technology, unlike traditional microwaves that rely on pulse on, pulse off cooking at lower temperatures, patented Inverter Technology generates a steady stream of power at all temperature settings. The result is Consistent, evenly prepared food which edges to center across a wide range of cooking techniques.

Inverter Technology delivers microwave energy in a way that allows delicate foods to simmer without overcooking. In addition, foods retain more color, texture and nutrients for fast, easy and delicious results.

Maximum Interior, Minimum Footprint

The smart, compact design of the Inverter power unit devotes less space to electronics and provides far more interior capacity. These smaller, more efficient energy and control units are also up to eight pounds lighter than conventional microwave components. All of which adds up to more interior space, while taking up less space on a counter.

Turbo Defrost: Utilizes a microwave sequencing system based on Inverter’s continuous-power delivery method to thaw foods more evenly and quickly.

Keep Warm Feature: Keeps foods like vegetables, soups, hors d’oeuvres, gravies, sauces and desserts warm and delicious in the oven until they’re ready to serve. The microwave delivers a pulsing, automatic stream of low microwave power to maintain constant temperature levels in foods without overcooking.

Modern Convenience: More advantages include quick-minute timer that lets you set cooking and reheating times in single-minute intervals, delay start feature and child safety lock.

Interactive Menu Screen: A helpful Menu Action Screen scrolls step-by-step cooking instructions for a full range of appetizers, main courses, side dishes, soups, sauces, casseroles, desserts and more across the display in your choice of English or Spanish. It’s almost like having a professional chef to assist you in the kitchen.

This is a nice midsized oven. It does not dominate your counter space like the larger counter top ovens, and it also large enough to do more than pop popcorn.

Our opinion

We believe that this Panasonic NN-SN651BAZ Microwave Oven will be a solution in warming-up a cup of coffee or last night’s leftovers. The membrane keypad and interface are easy to use and program for anything you need to defrost, cook or re-heat. It also has a popcorn key, a Quick Minute key and a Keep Warm setting. With Patented Inverter Technology, this Panasonic microwave oven heats food while preserving flavor and texture. There are 10 power levels to choose from, making the unit more versatile.

With one-touch sensor cook and reheat, Panasonic takes the guesswork out of creating great meals by automatically setting power levels and adjusting cooking, defrosting and reheating times. The sensor measures the amount of steam naturally produced during cooking and signals the oven’s advanced microprocessor to automatically calculate the remaining cooking time at any power level for optimum results.

The microwave oven is also designed with Turbo Defrost to help prepare food more efficiently than any Panasonic microwave before it. This advanced feature utilizes a microwave sequencing system based on Inverter’s continuous-power delivery method to thaw foods more evenly and quickly.

Microwaves let you cook food faster, but this model from Panasonic lets you cook even faster, with its inverter technology that cooks food to the perfect temperature without drying out those foods. Individual buttons on the front make it easy to cook certain foods and dishes. Other buttons let you use the microwave for just one minute, add more or less power, adjust the turntable inside or keep food warm until you open the door. We strongly feel this is an ideal appliance for your kitchen.